Questions of Quality
CECDE International Conference 2004

Conference Proceedings

• Keynote Addresses
• Defining Quality
• Assessing Quality
• Supporting Quality
• Concluding Observations and Notes on Contributors.

• Structure and Stability of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale
  Richard Clifford
  
  
• Questions of Quality: The Contribution of Research Evidence to Definitions of Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care Practice
  Tricia David
  
  
• Quality, Autonomy and the Profession
  Mathias Urban
  
  

• Rethinking the Computer Culture with Early Learners
  Nina Bolgan
  
  
• Quality: Control or Autonomy?
  Philomena Donnelly
  
  
• A Critical Examination of the Use of Fairy Tale Literature with Children Aged 2-5 Years in Developmentally Appropriate Early Childhood Care and Education Programs
  Ruth Doran
  
  
• Reflections on a National Review of Policy, Research and Practice in Ireland
  Maresa Duignan
  
  
• Young Children's Observations About Number and Conventional Numeric Symbols
  Elizabeth Dunphy
  
  
• A Conceptual Framework of Young Children's Development and Learning in Ireland: the Implications for Quality in Early Years Care and Education
  Jacqueline Fallon
  
  
• A Study of Spontaneous Drawings of Young Children; Implications for the Quality of the Learning Environment
  Mary Gallagher
  
  
• The National Children's Nurseries Association Centre of Excellence Programme: A Tool for Defining and Assessing Quality in the Irish Childcare System
  Ashling Hooper
  
  
• Children Playing in Nature
  Karen Marie Eid Kaarby
  
  
• Defining, Assessing and Supporting Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education: the High/Scope Ireland Model
  Imelda Madigan
  
  
• Policy, Legislation and Practice for Children with Special Needs in Ireland
  Mary Meaney
  
  
• Promoting Diversity and Equality in Early Childhood Care, Education and Training - The 'éist' Project
  Colette Murray
  
  
• Promoting Diversity and Equality in Early Childhood Care, Education and Training - Men in Childcare
  Jan Peeters
  
  
• Quality - A Global Issue? An International Review of Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education 1990-2004
  Thomas Walsh
  
  

• Improvement Through Self-evaluation in Preschool Education
  Ffiona Crawford
  
  
• A Critique of ECERS as a Measure of Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care
  Francis Douglas
  
  
• Universal Early Education for 4-6 year olds in Ireland: The Experience of the Irish Primary Teacher
  Angela Griffin, Anne Fay and Deirbhile Nic Craith
  
  
• Listening and Learning: Empowering Children in Early Childhood Services
  Michelle Hart
  
  
• Observation Methodology in Preschool Programme Evaluation: The Early Start Experience
  Mary Lewis and Dr. Peter Archer
  
  
• Assessing Teachers' Performance in Pre-Primary and Primary Schools in Estonia
  Ivor Mannamaa
  
  
• Quality and Regulation in Early Childhood Care and Education: A Study of the Impact of the Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations (1996) on the Quality of Early Childhood Services in Ireland
  Mary O'Kane
  
  
• The Relationship Between Preverbal Behaviour and Language Development: Investigating Symbolic Play and Language Development in Children with Down Syndrome
  Ciara O'Toole
  
  
• Development of Standards and Measurement Tools for Quality Assurance Systems in Australian Children's Services
  Denise Taylor
  
  
• Involving Children in Their Own Learning: Report of an Action Research Project on Formative Assessment
  Brian Yeats
  
  
• Defining, Assessing and Supporting Quality of Education and Care for Babies and Toddlers in Centre based Childcare
  Pam Winter (Presented by Gerry Mulhearn)
  
  

• Evaluating 'Better Beginnings': a Family Literacy Program in Australia
  Caroline Barret-Pugh, Mary Rohl, and Jessica Elderfield
  
  
• Supporting Play - Supporting Quality
  Carmel Brennan
  
  
• Integrated Therapeutic Group Work with Young Children in a Family Support Setting
  Mary Daly, Kerri Smith & Emma Jane Nulty
  
  
• Interdisciplinary Team Assessment: CRC Style
  Rachel Glennane, Trish Morrison, Jean Oswell and Aoife Timothy
  
  
• Music and Play: Diverse Aspects of 4-6 Year Olds' Self-Initiated Musical Play
  Claudia Gluschankof
  
  
• "You and Me and the Two of Us!" A Framework for Increasing Social Competence in Children in Nursery Schools and Some Examples of How to Support Children Developing Social Competence Through Dramatic Play
  Sidsel Hauge and Kari Lamer
  
  
• Supporting Quality Through Targeted Research on Special Needs and Disadvantage
  Annette McDonnell
  
  
• Supporting Quality through the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006
  Pauline Moreau
  
  
• Building a System of Professional Development Through the Use of Teacher Standards as a Means to Supporting Quality Teaching Practices
  Stephanie Olmore, Lenka Franova, Vaclav Sneberger and Tatjana Vonta
  
  
• Reconceptualising Community Playgroups in Ireland
  Noelle Spring, Mary Daly, Tina Byrne and Jean Whyte
  
  
• Quality and Teacher Turnover Related to Child Care Workforce Development Initiative
  Kathy Thornburg and Peggy Pearl
  
  
• Building Blocks to Best Practice - Introducing an "Integrated Holistic Model" of Early Intervention with Children and Families
  Maria Walls and Mary O'Connor
  
  

• Questions on Quality: Some Concluding Observations
  Nóirin Hayes
  
  
• Notes on Contributors
  

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